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Car mad enthusiast said:
I hope you pull away slowly off that gravel to avoid rash.
Thanks all for nice comments on picThis GT12 has a full tape kit on so no chance of its precious paint getting stone chips.
Here is a pic from a DB11
The latest design of front wheel / arch means all road dirt gets blasted down side of car / sills - so its imperative protective tape is fitted to preserve that beautiful paintwork!!
Your dead right there albeit sadly if you entered the car in an AMOC concours you would be marked down for having it fitted. Crazy.
BamfordMike said:
Thanks all for nice comments on pic
This GT12 has a full tape kit on so no chance of its precious paint getting stone chips.
Here is a pic from a DB11
The latest design of front wheel / arch means all road dirt gets blasted down side of car / sills - so its imperative protective tape is fitted to preserve that beautiful paintwork!!
This GT12 has a full tape kit on so no chance of its precious paint getting stone chips.
Here is a pic from a DB11
The latest design of front wheel / arch means all road dirt gets blasted down side of car / sills - so its imperative protective tape is fitted to preserve that beautiful paintwork!!
Car mad enthusiast said:
Your dead right there albeit sadly if you entered the car in an AMOC concours you would be marked down for having it fitted. Crazy.
Quite.Applying the Heritage concept to Gaydon cars is where the problem stems from.
The concept of a concours measure of a Gaydon car should look instead at, say, 100k miles and the attention to detail of servicing and meticulous care during that ownership (protective tape) to present the car at 100k miles to as close condition as it originally left the production line in. Instead, I see cars prepped to win a concourse - prepped for what the judges inspect, not what represents a fault free car that is mechanically reliable to use.
AMOC - great club, full of great people, but needs to revamp totally to be the club for what will be the Heritage cars of tomorrow, before an independent club comes along and pulls the rug out!
BamfordMike said:
Car mad enthusiast said:
Your dead right there albeit sadly if you entered the car in an AMOC concours you would be marked down for having it fitted. Crazy.
Quite. Applying the Heritage concept to Gaydon cars is where the problem stems from. The concept of a concours measure of a Gaydon car should look instead at, <etc.>+1, and lets not forget those poor Aston Teddies and hats that have been abused and abandoned lately. LOL
Its all far too ANAL these days for my liking and takes away the fun of ownership.
When folk work hard to be able to afford to buy any car they should not be marked down for looking after it and preserving its condition. In the old days we used waxoyle or zeebart treatment or Dinatrol I think it was called and non of those were applied at the factory.
Its all far too ANAL these days for my liking and takes away the fun of ownership.
When folk work hard to be able to afford to buy any car they should not be marked down for looking after it and preserving its condition. In the old days we used waxoyle or zeebart treatment or Dinatrol I think it was called and non of those were applied at the factory.
BamfordMike said:
Quite.
Applying the Heritage concept to Gaydon cars is where the problem stems from.
The concept of a concours measure of a Gaydon car should look instead at, say, 100k miles and the attention to detail of servicing and meticulous care during that ownership (protective tape) to present the car at 100k miles to as close condition as it originally left the production line in. Instead, I see cars prepped to win a concourse - prepped for what the judges inspect, not what represents a fault free car that is mechanically reliable to use.
AMOC - great club, full of great people, but needs to revamp totally to be the club for what will be the Heritage cars of tomorrow, before an independent club comes along and pulls the rug out!
Applying the Heritage concept to Gaydon cars is where the problem stems from.
The concept of a concours measure of a Gaydon car should look instead at, say, 100k miles and the attention to detail of servicing and meticulous care during that ownership (protective tape) to present the car at 100k miles to as close condition as it originally left the production line in. Instead, I see cars prepped to win a concourse - prepped for what the judges inspect, not what represents a fault free car that is mechanically reliable to use.
AMOC - great club, full of great people, but needs to revamp totally to be the club for what will be the Heritage cars of tomorrow, before an independent club comes along and pulls the rug out!
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